DePaul Blue Demons vs St John's Red Storm Prediction, Picks and Game Preview - 03/09/2022

Game Time: 7:00 pm ET, Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Venue:  Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

Where to Watch:  Fox Sports 1

DraftKings:  Point Spread:  DePaul +5, St. John’s -5; Over/Under:  154.5 points

Bet365:  Point Spread:  DePaul +5, St. John’s -5; Over/Under:  154.5 points

BetMGM:  Point Spread:  DePaul +5, St. John’s -5; Over/Under:  154.5 points

 

DePaul Blue Demons:  15-15 (9th place, Big East)

St John's Red Storm:  16-14 (8th place, Big East)

 

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DePaul Blue Demons:  3-2 last 5

St John's Red Storm:  2-3 last 5

 

 

 

DePaul is coming into this game with a 15-15 record overall and they are 0-0 in their neutral site games this season where they will be in this game. They have a record of 6-14 this season against conference opponents. They have won 3 of their last 4 games but are coming into this one off of a loss in their last game which snapped a 3 game winning streak that they were on. Their 3 wins in that span were against the Georgetown Hoyas, the St. John's Red Storm, and the Marquette Golden Eagles while their loss came against the UConn Huskies in their last game. Javon Freeman led the team in points in that game with 22 while Brandon Johnson was next on the team with 14 points. Jalen Terry led the team in assists in that game with 4 while David Jones led the team in rebounds with 8. They were 39.4% from the field, 38.5% from 3-point range, and 42.9% from the free throw line with their shooting in that game. Their offense is averaging 73.3 PPG and their defense is allowing their opponents to average 71.5 PPG against them. DePaul has an ATS record of 20-10 this season and their O/U record is 16-14.

 

 

St. John's is coming into this game with a 16-14 record overall and they are 0-0 in their neutral site games this season where they will be in this game. They have a record of 8-11 against conference opponents this season. They have lost 3 of their last 4 games and are coming into this one off of a loss in their last game. Their last win was against the Xavier Musketeers while their 3 losses in that span came against the Creighton Bluejays, the DePaul Blue Demons, and the Marquette Golden Eagles in their last game. Dylan Addae-Wusu off the bench led the team in points in that game with 19 while Julian Champagnie was next on the team with 15 points. Posh Alexander led the team in assists in that game with 9 while Joel Soriano led the team in rebounds with 6. They were 41.4% from the field, 26.3% from 3-point range, and 73.7% from the free throw line with their shots in that game. Their offense is averaging 79.7 PPG and their defense is allowing their opponents to average 74.5 PPG against them. St. John's has an ATS record of 14-15-1 this season and their O/U record is 17-12-1.

 

DePaul has been playing well in their recent games as they have won 3 of their last 4 but they are coming into this one off of a loss in their last game. Both of these teams have not played well this season and were very inconsistent but DePaul finished the season playing much better and they will have some confidence coming into this game. St. John's has been trending in the opposite direction recently as they have lost 3 of their last 4 games and 1 of those losses even came against DePaul just over a week ago. St. John's has still been keeping their games close though and DePaul has not been blowing out any teams either so this will surely be a close game that gets decided by just a few points but DePaul has been playing much better in these last few games and they should be the team to take the win here.

 

DePaul St John's Prediction:  Our NCAAB Pick for Wednesday, March 9, 2022 (7:00 pm ET start time) is DePaul 82 St John’s 78.

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DePaul Blue Demons: 20-10 ATS in all games. 13-5 ATS as an underdog. 20-13 UNDER in road games.

St John's Red Storm: 4-13 ATS after scoring 75 points or more 5 straight games. 7-11 ATS in all home games. 7-1 UNDER in all tournament games.

 

 

DePaul Blue Demons:  J. Johnson (PG) Mid March - Hand injury. T. Grant-Foster (G) out for season - Redshirt. A. Bynum (G) out for season - Redshirt.

St John's Red Storm:  None.

 

 

"Any time you get beat on the boards by 18, that's not a formula for success." - Tony Stubblefield on his team’s loss against UConn.

 

 

“It just seemed like we were a step slow with some of our defensive assignments. I thought we kind of broke down defensively.” - Mike Anderson on his team’s loss against DePaul.

 

 

 

J. Freeman-Liberty 

P. Gebrewhit 

B. Johnson 

D. Jones 

N. Ongenda

 

P. Alexander 

J. Champagnie 

M. Mathis 

S. Smith 

J. Soriano

 

 

PPG: J. Freeman-Liberty (21.9)

APG: J. Freeman-Liberty (3.1)

Reb/G: D. Jones (7.4)

 

PPG: J. Champagnie (18.9)

APG: P. Alexander (5.4)

Reb/G: J. Champagnie (6.6)

 

Coaches:

DePaul Blue Demons: Tony Stubblefield (1st season)

St John's Red Storm: Mike Anderson Sr (3rd season)